WHAT is beauty?

WORDS BY TIMOTHY HILL, DONOVAN HILL ARCHITECTS As an architect, I have professional obligations regarding beauty, so I need a robust definition. Contemporary society is largely unaware of how little influence architects have in making and maintaining the built environment. For beauty to be championed, a good definition becomes vital. So if it is important, […]

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A labour of LOVE

It hardly seems appropriate to be showing some of my own work after posting a blog on Louis Kahn, however I do want to let you in on what we have been up to and share the story behind the ‘Valentine House’. As many of you may know Jaki, the kids and I live in […]

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Kahn’s Franklin D. Roosevelt Monument

Below is an amazing article on the soon to be realised Franklin D. Roosevelt Monument designed by Louis Kahn 38 years after he died. This memorial will be just one of only a handful of Kahn creations in this world and New York’s first. Paul Goldberger, former architecture critic and editor of the New Yorker describes […]

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Life Architecturally – Robert McBride & Debbie Ryan

Last week I had the privilege of listen to a recent documentary on the work of well-known Melbourne based architectural firm ‘McBride Charles Ryan’. The short film was called ‘Life Architecturally’ and was aired on ABC’s Artscape. McBride Charles Ryan are one of the most progressive architectural firms in our country, they seem to approach their […]

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